Why is Potemkin vs Chipp a 10-10 Matchup?

[@tinytrtle5681]

"literally incapable of playing lame" This is why despite the characters being polar opposites, I think chipp players and potemkin players are the most similar to each other. They, more than any other character main, chose their character 'cause they just wanna do cool shit, and fuck everything else. We just happen to have slightly different definitions of 'cool shit'.

[@Jarubimba]

Potemkin drinks glue as a breakfeast Chipp inhales caffeine to live

[@nee869]

@@Jarubimba i play Potemkin because I like hard execution and all of his tech, we are not the same.

[@SadButter]

@@nee869 "oh look at me, I can do a karabuster" 😂

[@lappyappreciator2340]

@@nee869 lmfao

[@Zander10102]

​@@nee869 >guilty gear >execution

[@thechaddestman2603]

Hardcore Chipp main here, I have a bit more than 700 hours in strive and most of that went towards playing Chipp. My brother, coincidentally, is a Potemkin main. We always tend to mess around a little more when we face off against each other, but the match almost always ends up going one of these ways. 1. I eat a nasty counterhit/potemkin buster, and then guess wrong on his next mix, dying. 2. I eat a nasty counterhit/potemkin buster, and then guess right and make a comeback. 3. I open him up quick into the match and mix him to death without getting touched. 4. I open him up quick into the match and mix him almost to death and then I mess up my mix, eat a counterhit, and die. The matchup is definitely in my favor. But one small mistake can still ruin me. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

[@Zander10102]

You paid $70 to take three minutes to play one match of rock paper scissors.

[@jpupper428]

Perfect analogy of how Pot mains and Chipp mains. Destroy the shit out of each other and have the most fun doing it

[@tswrangle1000]

@@Zander10102WHO PAYED 70 dollars???

[@wenofu477]

@@Zander10102 its a 40 dollar game that goes on sale for 20 dollars every few months, and you can play the game for hundreds of hours, dont even try to be like that

[@Zander10102]

@wenofu477 I meant that it's based to pay however much to play rock paper scissors. Did it come off as negative?

[@Alexis-wi8ew]

It's important to recognize that it's mostly a meme. This is a far worse matchup for Pot than it is for Chipp.

[@DoctorGalactor]

In Strive and Xrd yeah, but ACPR Pot is a MONSTER. In that game, even being on the back foot isn't all that bad because his defense is great and rewards you HEAVILY for being good at defending.

[@Alexis-wi8ew]

@@DoctorGalactor Yeah, but most people who meme about the matchup play Strive haha

[@reddyboi2790]

​@Alexis-wi8ew as someone who played both I have to admit its worse on pot to a degree

[@ElLucoso]

funny how a rushdown characther has a good matchup against a grappler

[@LeNoire4511]

Causally gaslighting chips to fight pot.

[@Jadriam]

Honestly I hope they keep this matchup the way it is. It's really just plain fun to see the epitome of a 'STR vs DEX' meme in a fight

[@leandrodavid6256]

I play Potemkin and I couldn`t agree more. Chipp players just don`t want to play lame. Thank you all Chipp players!

[@mrpotoo3772]

Same goes for you guys you give me the most disguastinf ampunts of fun (with a dash of outrage) posible

[@phdbot4483]

This is always a funny matchup to me. Dealing with Chipp's high mobility and mixups is painful for Potemkin, but to be able to break him in 1 to 2 hits through all that running around is just so comedic and satisfying! XD

[@itspovvy]

2:03 as a Chipp main in Xrd this is straight FACTS

[@yosha101]

Chipp players being rabid dogs is 100% the only reason I tend to get consistent wins against them as Potemkin (or honestly any other heavyweight I've played in these games) It's, like, they HAVE the life lead, they HAVE the tools and speed to sit around and just whiff punish things or keep themselves safe, but they... just don't! And good for them, they've found their one way, they will follow thr path of the ninja until the comically quick bitter end

[@svgaming263]

Yeah cuz waiting out the 99 second timer would be awfull for both players.

[@yosha101]

@@svgaming263 I didn't say that, you can sit around and be careful without running out the clock, it's what most zoners do already, but instead of huge normals/projectlies, Chipp has speed Plus, it's not as if the other person is just gonna be okay not doing anything either, you really think the Sol player that just got whiff punished 3 times in a row for doing something rash instead of trying to navigate neutral isn't gonna go for it a 4th time? And if the other player starts refusing to engage, that's when Chipp excels since they are effectively and purposely putting themselves on the backfoot! Simple as really

[@KosmFanaticShrooms2039]

We love late night FGC history and analysis \o/

[@Frankentank]

Gather around the fire and listen to Grandpa Frankentank

[@ChippZanuffGGST]

I liked the David and Goliath reference. I enjoy working hard to defeat my opponent, and fighting like a true ninja. I feel very called out because I play taking many risks and using useless combos. I look like a cool ninja though. Vote president Chipp for free health care.

[@AziDoesQuestionableThings]

dont believe the propaganda! this matchup is actually horrendous for pot lol (as a chipp main speaking)

[@LordTyph]

He did say that it's better for Chipp than it is for Pot... but hte Chipp player has to fight their inner urges in order ot play lame for that.

[@cybercobra2]

i would like to point out that another part of it, especially in strive with heavenly being better and the addition of heat tackle. potemkin also has a lot of scary anti-air options against a character that does like to get airborne. ontop of his high health and damage.

[@Frankentank]

See, but that's the problem Chipp can just stay on the ground and play footsies, he doesn't NEED to go in the air

[@bassbusterx]

​@@Frankentank to add upon that, chipp's ground game is MUCH better than whatever he can do in the air, rekka mix with meter, alpha blade FRCs, really fast buttons, etc... Make him a menace, I'd argue the only noteworthy part of his air game is j.2k left right mix, and once he lands that he can either be safe and start playing grounded neutral or get a full combo on hit

[@WTFZOMG]

@@Frankentank they picked chipp for the triple jump and theyre going to use that triple jump no matter how many rounds they lose

[@MegafanX123]

​@@WTFZOMG"didnt paid 60$ to not jump"

[@sielklavar]

​@WTFZOMG for real if I didn't want to jump 3 times I wouldn't pick Chipp.

[@Kuroig53]

Good stuff. Funny to hear Chipp losing a option arguably made one of his matchups better lol I think another part of it is, in games like plus r at least, that while Chipp could absolutely run a train on Pot, he usually had to sacrifice a bit of safety for the mix, or vice versa. As opposed to some of Pot's tougher pixie matchups, like Bridget, Millia, and Dizzy, that kinda had both

[@godofhypersapce4570]

huh, I never actually knew this, thats quite fun to know because I recently picked up chipp and my friend who just picked up potemkin

[@fortidogi8620]

have fun

[@Leffrey]

I‘m pretty sure all the players that want a serious fast character just go play Milia instead. It‘s the filter that leaves the crackhead Chipps behind to face the glue sniffer Potemkins

[@coffefighterz9641]

Thank you father for i have learned

[@DoctorKingWeegee]

My favorite form of the joke is "everyone agrees Potemkin vs Chipp is a 10:0 matchup, but no one can agree who's the 10."

[@feldsparthegreat]

It's a 10-10 matchup because they're both 10s

[@MorphoNyte]

real

[@williamsmith4563]

As a pot player its like trying to hit a wasp with a fly swatter made of lead. It might be hard to catch him but when you do its over.

[@BlackHero20]

2:04. Chipp main here. you right. i didnt pay 60 dollars to run out the clock. I payed 60 dollars to FIGHT LIKE A TIGER! WALK IN THE PARK! PLAY THE HERO! TILL I DIE!

[@Robomori]

Dude you've been on fire with the content lately, nice stuff

[@schpider-man7053]

You uploaded this literally right after I fought a celestial chipp on floor 9 with pot 😭 was a sign you were gonna post fr

[@adrianarjonacasado9431]

Respect for the cafeine adicts ninjas who will burn in glory than win by wait... The glue will flow in you name brother

[@leqeque7383]

Also a note on history of the characters - knowing the history (not the lore, but actual design history) helps understand the design perspective on the game why's and how's the character is balanced in the way they are (zato bros) and kinda guess the direction the characters will take in the next patch.

[@smithbabies7886]

If Chipp fucks up twice in a row, he's fucked. He must be nigh perfect for 90% of the round, and play extremely risky in some situations. If Pot fails to punish at least 4 times, he's fucked. Pot can't shove Chipp into the dirt before he aggressively Naruto runs away, and he's not getting in again before he dies of Chipp Damage.

[@Leffrey]

Hah, _Chipp_ damage, I get it.

[@Gilbot9000]

Ok this remix of Shadow Man's stage fuckin slaps how did I not know this was from Smash? The history lesson made me nostalgic for old Gear but IDK if I have that kind of patience and energy anymore.

[@wildman456]

One of my favorite memories of a video game period is fighting a Chipp with my Potemkin on ranked. First round he perfected me, second round I perfected him, final round we were up and up and were both at critical health. I ended up winning while screaming “10-10 matchup baaaaaabyyyyyy!”

[@starmantheta2028]

I don't think it's simply because Chipp players want to do cool stuff. Guilty Gear's mechanics are purposely designed to discourage non-interaction, so playing lame is actually counterintuitive.

[@-lemur-]

despite the characters being complete opposites, chipp and potemkin players are very much alike we didnt pick our character for some complex reason, we just want to do cool shit (variable definition) and vibe, that's why we're incapable of playing lame (also, as a chipp, pot has it worse)

[@lexclouds7562]

I haven't played Strive, but played Xrd. And holy, Chipp too?! Just how many things did they cut out!?!

[@webbowser8834]

It's fine, they're giving Chipp a trapeze line to allow him to ceiling run. I'm still not entirely sure what he's supposed to do with it, but it looks very cool.

[@jpupper428]

You can't play the hero if you play lame. You'd be a villain. Besides, if you didn't want the adrenaline rush you probably would've mained something other than a walking tube of nitroglycerin

[@gavo7911]

It’s the age old tale of the speedster vs the tank. The Flash vs Superman. Wolverine vs Hulk. When one makes a mistake, it’s game over for the other.

[@QuietLunacy]

Chipp main here. I indeed lose to Pot a LOT cuz im just here to mix shit up. If I die, I die. That is indeed, my ninja way lol spot on

[@FuzeHunter]

Forgot how much the Smash remix of Shadowman's theme slaps, thanks

[@Largeladdie-z1s]

As the resident EU Xrd Chipp gamer I would like to give my 2 cents on the "playing lame" strat Playing lame in xrd in general (namely running away from pot the whole time) is not a viable strategy for the most part. The reason this doesnt work in xrd is because of how meter gain generally works there. If you try and lame someone out with Chipp you will suddenly see your meter gain be drastically lower than your opponents very quickly. This isnt due to negative penalty but rather the whole way tension gain is handled by the game. Being at a meter disadvantage in this game is a huge deal because of how strong metered options are in this game (mainly yrc). Theres a lot of matchups where Chipp would in theory want to run away with a life lead in, but cant because the moment the opponent builds 50 meter before he does that strategy is significantly harder to employ, and switching it up after the fact is just playing at a meter disadvantage. A reminder this is the game where Johnny just walks at people and builds insane amount of meter to win games. Now, you can still control the pace of neutral as Chipp when you have a lead but not by running away. Chipp is much better at holding his ground than he is at retreating and standing out of range of pot 2D limits what pot can do. You can Iad punish slide head on reaction and 6P through hammerfall on reaction. If Pot starts walking forward you can swat him away with plenty of hard to contest pokes like 5K and 2S. With IBs Pot can still gain good meter but Chipp can keep up enough in the meter war to counter Pots admittedly subpar yrc options. Another thing about Chipps oki. You mentioned backdash is hard to use because of left/rights but another factor is that Chipp 5K is a very good tool for catching backdashes after landing due to being 5f startup and 5f active. Since pot has no DP rc option to cover, Chipp can effectively lab a backdash OS with 5K and turn his brain off for oki (until Blitz becomes a factor lmao)

[@GiantGunt_EthanRalph]

Coughing Baby Vs. Nuke but the Baby has mad ninja skillz

[@irlShively]

Shadow mans theme for a video about a ninja, very nice

[@PB_pancake]

I was just jumpscared by Shadow Man’s theme

[@lamMeTV]

History is always great

[@hakageryu-hz7jz]

10-10 out of 10 Video

[@AchilloTheStalker]

This reminds me of that one time few days ago where i potemkin bustered my friend who player Chipp in Xrd

[@Titanhomemovies]

Chipp needs to perfectly execute 7-10 hit combo strings perfectly without screwing up to kill the Potemkin. Potemkin needs to wait for Chipp to bugger up ONCE in order to kill Chipp. Both are harder than they look and it's not fun for either.

[@Moonlitnights073]

The more things change the more they stay the same

[@PeppySweetheart]

i agree with the notion that chipp players have the same impatience problems melee fox/falco players do when fighting floaties

[@shatterthineekey]

funny how i struggle to play faust vs chipp in strive even though he can't TOOLATETOOLATETOOLATETOOLATE me to death there worry not i struggle in the other games too

[@garr123]

What song actually plays when Chipp entrs his ninja way?

[@mohammadsaddam4560]

The only opponent i have in fighting game is my brother, i've been playing pot since xrd and he main chipp. Its always starts with me getting slapped and combo'ed till low then ending with either my brother getting a perfect or eat a big counter hit and die . Always a fun time for us lmao

[@benjaminarenas8507]

As a Chipp player, the TPs don't do as much hard work in this MU unlike the Shuriken, Alpha B. to answer Slide Head and Beta B. to answer sudden hammerfall glue

[@monsterwook2472]

Hi! New to fighting games, what does it mean for a MU to be 10-10? I know 50-50 means it’s an even MU, so I am very confused haha

[@TamaraBloodhoof]

The joke is that both of them will win every single match. The reality being that it is closer to a 50/50 put the idea is that if Chipp messes up once Potemkin wins otherwise Chipp will win the round.

[@monsterwook2472]

@@TamaraBloodhoof thank you I now understand comedy

[@araon9629]

I like to say it's a 10-0 matchup for both of them

[@7r17r1]

That his kinda super wrong heh Strive is the first game where chipp got an actualy real advantage on this match up The reason why it's not actually possible to play lame all the while even in older games is because of tension management. Tension is the main thing that dictate wins or loss at higher level Playing lame and keep away too much makes you lose tension On the other hand, potemkin builds tension continuously by chasing chipp, just by walking forward actually There is always a point where you can't play lame anymore during the round in older games, either because you'll lose tension, or because potemkin has enough tension that you need to respect his ground until he uses it, or sometimes just because of a burst in acpr and xrd the match up is balanced in acpr potemkin is super strong but chipp is even stronger, though clearly harder to master in xrd both character were mostly ok, but chipp's keep away is a bit weaker than acpr due to air backdash being weak and loss of backward teleport, chipp advance well, can decide when to go in, but can't go out as easily as before in strive, the match up is better for chipp but definetly not because of the loss of teleport It's mostly because potemkin is kinda weak ins this version and chipp's neutral is a ton better to make up for the loss of teleport. f.S is a god move against a character with no good low profile, 5K is super strong, 5P is stupidly strong in this match up, DP is very good and can help manage some garuda setup thanks to clashes. I'm not entirely sure what the match up is like in this season, I know pot got a ton of buff and chipp got a bit weaker than a bit better with the latest changes, but I didn't play that much and didn't play any potemkin lol

[@plummeted]

Funny thumbnail

[@notlunaticdancer4393]

Nerf Zato

[@Serphen306]

Noticing you didn't mention its 0-10 unwinnable for pot..... (I can't react rekka 3)

[@InmateOmighty]

1:37

[@wackatonic]

wise

[@beamkatana]

chipp strive so ass...

[@Siberianhusky89]

Frankentank, why are you playing STRIVE? The game is dog crap.

[@michellea.793]

i dont know, maybe he likes the game?

[@Siberianhusky89]

@@michellea.793 I highly doubt it.